Basic Trope: A superhero(ine) can't make love with their non-superpowered love interest because of a difference in physical endurance.
- Straight: Captain Troper has Super-Strength, his love interest, Alice does not, and he hospitalizes her after having sex with her.
- Exaggerated:
- Captain Troper hospitalizes Alice after kissing her.
- Captain Troper accidentally kills Alice by having sex with her.
- Downplayed: Alice isn't seriously wounded after having sex with Captain Troper, but she does feel far more exhausted after doing so than he does.
- Justified: Captain Troper does not have the Required Secondary Powers of having control over his own strength.
- Inverted:
- Captain Troper's powers do not grant him enhanced physical endurance, and Alice is an Amazonian Beauty who puts him in the hospital after they have love.
- Captain Troper's powers somehow heal Alice if he has sex with her.
- Subverted:
- Captain Troper temporarily depowers himself whenever he has sex with Alice.
- Captain Troper and Alice try different positions so that he doesn't have to depower himself to make love with her.
- Averted: Captain Troper and Alice have sex. The next time we see Alice, she's in the same physical state she was in before having sex with him.
- Defied:
- Captain Troper and Alice are a Chastity Couple.
- Both Captain Troper and Alice have superpowers that enhance their physical endurance.
- Implied: Alice is seen going into the bedroom of Bob, Captain Troper's secret identity. The next morning, she's shown to be at a hospital wearing several casts and bandages.
